It is sufficiently known that the Twin Towers of the WTC collapsed on September 11, 2001. It is less known that the WTC consisted of seven buildings, of which three collapsed.
Slightly aside the WTC Twin Towers stood the 47 floors high seventh building, called Seven World Trade Center. It was the third-highest, however, compared to 110 floors 47 floors seem almost puny. On the morning of the 11th several small fires broke out on the lower floors. Since the building was undamaged by the hits on the two main towers, the explanation for these fires: the airplane attacks on the Twin Towers, is very unsatisfying. Telekinesis?
About 9 o'clock on 9/11 an airplane rushes into the north tower of the WTC. Because of the following confusion one does not worry about these small fires. Perhaps this is also why nobody noticed that the fire sprinklers were not released - normally they would have deleted the fires before even a notification of emergency would have been made.
Therefore, it is burning until afternoon, while the dust of the collapsed Twin Towers wraps Manhattan in an impenetrable cloud. The fire does not spread dramatically, from the outside one cannot see much at Seven World Trade Center. A multistoried building with a steel structure does not collaps quickly, even if it burns inside, does it? In the afternoon the third-highest building of the WTC complex abruptly collapses.
Also in architectural regard the collapse of the WTC wrote history.
“No steel building has ever been destroyed by fire.” (Fire Engineering Magazine)
The two WTC main towers were worth 3.5 billion dollars. For this price they changed hands in April 2001. Larry Silverstein, the new owner, received 2.2 billion dollars from the insurance.
The pictures of map exercises to an airplane attack on the Pentagon of November 3, 2000, of the mdw (military district Washington) are informative. (see info box left)
It says in the strategy paper on American defense policy, published by the Project for the “New American Century” in September 2000: “This process of transformation [to the American century, the author] will probably take a long time, unless a catastrophic event happens, which serves as catalyst - like a new Pearl Harbor.”
“Loose Change” - a video on the conspiracy theory of a breakup of the WTC can be seen at Google Video. And particularly concerning the collapse of WTC 7 there are explanations of a controlled demolition (more on Whatreallyhappend.com; the articles are no longer available). The main argument: For the building to collapse straight down, all of the load bearing supports would have had to fail at exactly the same time. No fire can cause this, only an expert controlled demolition of the carriers. At the moment of each collapse seismic peak values were measured on this day in N.Y. …
As I wrote above, the World Trade Center complex consisted of seven buildings. Some say that on 9/11 three buildings collapsed. Others speak of more - I can not clarify that. But after I have done some investigation, the following seems most plausible:
The World Trade Center was constructed and built for 700 million dollars, in order to resist the impact of a Boeing 707.
It was “inconceivable” that 2 airplanes hit the twin towers of the WTC on September 11, 2001 – this was the agreed opinion after the attack. Was it really “inconceivable”? Or had something similar happened already? “I was thinking about what it meant for America to be under attack.” - so G.W. Bush on the day of the attacks on the World Trade Center. Did the attacks come out of the blue?
The last Saturday in July 45 was a foggy day. Manhattan is wrapped in haze. In the late morning of July 28 a bomber of the Army flies into the foggy center of New York. It is a twin-engined B-25 Mitchell, it comes from the East River to Manhattan and the bomber has problems with the engines and the control.
The Empire State Building (built 1930-1931) emerges out of the fog. With its 102 floors and a height of 382 meters the skyscraper stands out of the fog – however, the unbelievably low-flying military machine flies at a height of at the most 300 meters. Thus, the pilot only discovers the facade as it is too late. The B-25 hits the Empire State Building from the north. The impact is between the 78th and 79th floor. 3000 litres aviation fuel catch fire immediately. - the WTC was built 1966 to 1973.
However, the building damage is small:
14 people died and 25 people were injured by this accident.
Spring 1946, almost one year later: On May 20 an airplane of the coast guard crashes into the Trump Building in Manhattan, 40 Wall Street. This skyscraper is not one of the very large ones, “only” 283 meters high.
The damage is limited. The five airplane passengers, however, are dead. Makabre: among the deaths was Captain T. Hall, member of the committee of inquiry of the crash of the B-25 into the Empire State Building.
Skyscapers, symbols of technical progress and economic superpower, boomed in the 20's and 30's of the century. Safety questions are asked after completion, it is a new era of architecture. Shortly after World War II two airplanes crash into skycrapers, afterwards there is nothing comparable for 55 years.
Immediately after the attacks a heated discussion evolved among specialists how it could be possible that the Twin Towers of the WTC collapsed. Two buildings which - as each skyscraper since the 50's – had been structurally safeguarded against airplane crashs (and earthquakes).
An explanation: only the type of airplanes that were common in the 60's had been considered. And not widebody jets as the Boeing 767. But many people doubt this explanation, too.
Structural engineers and other independent experts have repeatedly confirmed that the impact of the two Boeings could not have caused such destruction. Then, what made the Twin Towers of the WTC collapse? Was the World Trade Center purposefully blown up?
Various explosive experts and structural engineers are of the opinion that only purposeful breakups at basic parts on the ground floor could have made the towers of the WTC collapse as we saw it: straight without tilting and in a few seconds. Survivors of September 11 stated that they had heard several explosions before the crash. Only fancies? Or who is at the bottom of the attack on the WTC? According to the decision of the Government we will know it in 30 years.
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